American Houses

An interior designer can let loose in their own home, in a way they can't necessarily for a client. The house in Utah that Meta Coleman shares with her artist husband and two children is a perfect example, with interiors that have evolved over 20 years into a unique expression of their love of art and travel, and her American-German upbringing

A meeting of minds between client and interior designer has made this unusual Californian project one of Henriette von Stockhausen's most beloved projects

Taking one large space and making it work as three different things is not easy, but Sally Wilkinson's effortless and airy design of her Atlanta loft might prove otherwise.

In search of a New York pied-à-terre, Ceara Donnelley came across an apartment in Manhattan with a courtyard garden that felt like a piece of Provence in the city. Layering textiles and antique finds to enhance its plaster walls, exposed beams and terracotta floor, the interior designer has created an inviting haven

Tasked with redecorating the East Hampton home of a well-known interior designer for its new owners, Augusta Hoffman gave it an intimate, pared-back look that admirably suits its new life

Inspired by the vernacular architecture and craft traditions of rural Colorado, interior designer Clive Lonstein has devised elegantly rustic interiors for a log cabin that looks perfectly at home in its frontier-country setting

Having inherited the house from her parents, fourth-generation antiques dealer Dana Jennings Rohn has made it a space that pays homage to her family traditions while reflecting her own convivial spirit

The restoration of this colonial-era farmhouse in rural Connecticut marked a departure for its owners and their architect Elizabeth Roberts. Together, they strayed happily from their Brooklyn-based endeavours and embraced a different way of living and working

In a 1920s Craftsman house in Berkeley overlooking the San Francisco Bay, the American designer Heidi Caillier has drawn on an eclectic European sensibility

In an extract from his new book Home at Last: Enduring design for the New American House, the acclaimed American architect Gil Schafer designs a multi-generational family gathering place on a bluff above Lake Champlain in Vermont

In an extract from his book ‘HOME: Residential Architecture of D. Stanley Dixon’, the American architect talks us through his design for a newbuild Atlanta house, inspired by historic European farm buildings, and with beautifully understated interiors by Carolyn Malone

Interior designer Joyce Sitterly has managed to combine both a sense of drama with deep comfort in this Connecticut house

Interior designer Kari McCabe and her architect husband Nate McBride breathed new life into their tired house using a mix of Scandinavian design, vintage pieces and inherited family furniture

When Max Sinsteden started decorating his Rhode Island cottage, he kept the colours neutral in order to let his beloved collection of treasures shine

Mixing natural materials with patterned fabrics and a host of influences, interior and textile designer Leah O’Connell has transformed this neglected 1960s house into a warm, serene home

The seaside house designer John Derian shares with his partner Stephen Kent Johnson bears witness to his love of the 18th and 19th centuries and his extraordinary eye for collecting

Dave and Jen Dawson are founders of a lighting company known for collections that blend form with function, modern with classic. The same can be said of their 1950s waterside ranch house in South Carolina, which has been sensitively renovated for a much brighter, more comfortable and yet entirely authentic Charleston feel

After several years moving from project to project, Tara Mangini and Percy Bright have settled in this farmhouse in Upstate New York, which epitomises their appreciation of quality craftsmanship and a homespun, Scandinavian-inspired approach to design

This rare mid-century beach house by the dean of East Hampton architecture Alfred Scheffer has been sensitively restored and imbued with a feeling of lightness and optimism by the designer David Netto

Designer Nina Farmer strikes wanderlust in a New England brick house in historic Massachusetts